Abstract It is paramount that higher education programs in home economics remain ever vigilant regrading how they are designed because they socialise individuals into the profession, and deeply affect the formation of home economics professional identities, how people see themselves as a home economist and identify with the profession. This paper discusses the link between higher education home economics programs and future-proofing the profession through a well-thought out pre professional socialisation process. Well-planned socialisation processes better ensure a commitment to the home economics professional culture and community, and to deeply entrenched alignment with a positive home economics identity.

Home Economics in Higher Education: Preprofessional Socialization - McGregor, S.L.T. (2011)

The PowerPoint presentation linked below will be presented in a workshop at the NCFR Meeting, November 16-19, 2011 in Orlando, FL.The workshop focuses on how to use the Domains of Family Practice (DFP) model described in the manuscript. There is a link on one of the slides to a website in which the authors will be posting materials and resources related to this work. (Permission granted by the authors.) 

Powerpoint Presentation:
The Domains of Family Practice Model: Strategies for Application

Manuscript:
Reconceptualizing the Domain and Boundaries of Family Life Education

Citation: Family Relations 60 (October 2011): 357 - 372
DOI:10.1111/j.1741-3729.2011.00659.x

Authors:
JUDITH A. MYERS-WALLS Purdue University
SHARON M. BALLARD East Carolina University
CAROL ANDERSON DARLING Florida State University
KAREN S. MYERS-BOWMAN Kansas State University